02 Records
FEED: ACQUIRING
01 RecordSTATE: PUBLISHED
02 Description
CNA: mitreA use-after-free in the awk_sub() function (editors/awk.c) of Busybox v1.38.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted AWK script.
03 Exploitation and scoring
SRC: CISA, FIRST, NVD, RED HAT- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.- EPSS probability
- 0.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Ranks above 15.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-20.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
SCHEMA: 5.2
- Published
- 2026-07-15 00:00Z1 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-07-20 15:33Z1 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-04-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 5570e72ebe7bb97cc7b4e2525eb8eec5b652a6eb886c79e3ded453148c13d527
05 Affected products
PAIRS: 1VendorProductVersionsPlatforms